Setting Up An Action Rule - Axis Q6042 User Manual

AXIS Q6042 PTZ Dome Network Camera
Events
- Recording — triggers the rule when the Axis product records to the storage device. The recording status trigger
can be used to notify the operator, for example by flashing LED lights, if the product has started or stopped to
record to the storage device. Note that, this trigger can be used only for edge storage recording status.
• System
- Shock Detected — Trigger the rule when the Axis product detects it has been tilted or hit. See Shock Detection,
on page 33.
- System Ready — trigger the rule when the product has been started and all services are running. This can for
example be used to send a notification when the product restarts.
• Time
- Recurrence — trigger the rule periodically, see Recurrences, on page 42. This can for example be used to upload
an image every 5 minutes.
- Use Schedule — trigger the rule according to the selected schedule, see Schedules, on page 41.
Available actions include:
• Day/Night Vision Mode — set day mode (IR cut filter on) or night mode (IR cut filter off).
• Output Port — activate an I/O port to control an external device.
• Overlay Text — display an overlay text, see Using Overlay Text in an Action Rule, on page 22.
• Play Audio Clip — see Audio Clips, on page 24.
• PTZ Control
Autotracking — start autotracking, see Autotracking, on page 29.
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Preset Position — go to a preset position.
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- Guard Tour — start a guard tour, see Guard Tour, on page 30.
• Record Video — record video to a selected storage.
• Send Images — send images to a recipient.
• Send Notifications — send a notification message to a recipient.
• Send Video Clip — send a video clip to a recipient.

Setting Up an Action Rule

An action rule defines the conditions that must be met for the product to perform an action, for example record video or send an
email notification. If multiple conditions are defined, all of them must be met to trigger the action.
The following example describes how to set up an action rule to record video to a network share if there is movement in the
camera's field of view.
Set up motion detection and add a network share:
1. Go to Detectors > Motion Detection and configure a motion detection window, see page 33
2. Go to System Options > Storage and set up the network share, see page 53.
Set up the action rule:
1. Go to Events > Action Rules and click Add.
2. Select Enable rule and enter a descriptive name for the rule.
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